CMSC 1995/96 Research Excellence Fund Projects

THRUST AREA 1.

REDUCED COST COMPOSITE CONSTITUENTS

Project Title : Microsorting Mixed Thermoplastic Waste Streams Using Hydrocyclone Classifiers (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Charles A. Petty
Department : Chemical Engineering
Co-Investigator : Susan E. Selke
Department : School of Packaging

Project Title : Recycling of Post Consumer Waster Paper as Secondary Reinforcement in Concrete Composites (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Parviz Soroushian
Department : Civil & Environmental Engineering

THRUST AREA 2.

NEW HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Project Title : Thermotractive Titanium-Nickel/Polyimide Thin Film Elements for Smart Structural Composites (New)

Principal Investigators : David S. Grummon & Thomas J. Pence

Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

Project Title : Precision-Performance, Controllable-Fluid, Laminated Composites Utilizing Active Optical Feedback (New)

Principal Investigators : John R. Lloyd & Clark J. Radcliffe
Department : Mechanical Engineering

Project Title : Effect of Physical Aging on the Viscoelastic Response of Multi-phase Polymers (New)

Principal Investigator : Andre Lee
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

Project Title : Brittle Ceramic Film Characterization by Nanoindentor (Renewal)

Principal Investigators : Eldon D. Case & Ronald C. Averill
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

Project Title : A New Technique for Making Continuous Fiber Metal Matrix Composites (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Thomas R. Bieler
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

Project Title : In-situ Study of Fatigue Crack Initiation and Propagation in Metal Matrix Composites (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Martin A. Crimp
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

Project Title : Porous Ceramics - Preparation of Alumina Fiber Reinforced Alumina Composites (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Melissa J. Crimp
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

Project Title : High-Energy Ion Irradiation of Single-Crystal Sapphire Fibers for Improved Strength Retention in High-Temperature Metal-Matrix Composites (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : David S. Grummon
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

Project Title : Elastic Properties of Laminated Composite Materials (Renewal jointly funded with CFMR)

Principal Investigator : Iwona M. Jasiuk
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics
Co-Investigator : Michael F. Thorpe
Department : Physics & Astronomy

Project Title : The Effect of Interface and Geometric Arrangement on the Local and Global Response of Composite Materials (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Iwona M. Jasiuk
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

Project Title : Characterization of Critical Fundamental Aging Mechanisms of High Temperature Polymer Matrix Composites (Renewal)

Principal Investigators : Roger J. Morgan, Andre Y. Lee & Lawrence T. Drzal
Department : CMSC/AMEES, Materials Science & Mechanics, CMSC

THRUST AREA 3.

NEW AND/OR NOVEL COMPOSITE PROCESSING AND FABRICATION METHODS

Project Title : High Performance Photopolymerizable Composite Encapsulants for Improved Semiconductor Packaging (New)

Principal Investigator : Alec B. Scranton
Department : Chemical Engineering

Project Title : Development of the Part-shaped Mold Process and the Controlled Microwave Processing Technique (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Martin C. Hawley
Department : Chemical Engineering
Co-Investigator : Jes Assmusen, Jr.
Department : Electrical Engineering

Project Title : Laser Machining and Joining of Metal-Matrix Composites (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : K. Mukherjee
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

Project Title : High Speed Videography of Fiber Transport and Deposition onto a Preform Screen (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Charles A. Petty & John F. Foss
Department : Chemical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering

Project Title : High Speed Production of Composite Sandwich Structures Through Novel Photopolymerizations (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Alec B. Scranton
Department : Chemical Engineering

THRUST AREA 4.

PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN MODELLING

Project Title : Polymer Composite-Reinforced Wood Beams for Transportation Infrastructure Applications (New)

Principal Investigator : Ronald S. Harichandran
Department : Civil & Environmental Engineering
Co-Investigator : Frank J. Hatfield
Department : Civil & Environmental Engineering

Project Title : Tuning the Energy Absorption Capability of Layered Composites (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Dahsin Liu
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

Project Title : Multiscale Evaluation and Design of Textile Composite Materials (New)

Principal Investigator : Ronald C. Averill
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics
Co-Investigator : Roger J. Morgan
Department : Adv. Materials Engr. Exp. Sta. - AMEES

Project Title : Optimal Design of Laminated Structures Using Genetic Algorithms (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Ronald C. Averil
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics
Co-Investigator : William F. Punch
Department : Computer Science
Co-Investigator : Erik Goodman
Department : Case Ctr. for Computer Aided Engr. & Mfgr.

Project Title : Measurement of Multidimensional Thermal Properties of CVD Carbon-Carbon (Renewal)

Principal Investigators : James V. Beck & John J. McGrath
Department : Mechanical Engineering

Project Title : Dissipated Energy and Fatigue Damage of Modified Asphalt Concrete Mixes (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Karim Chatti & Gilbert Baladi
Department : Civil & Environmental Engineering

Project Title : Hybrid Fastening of Composites (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Gary L. Cloud
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

Project Title : Crashworthiness of Automotive Composite Materials and Structures (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Dahsin Liu
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

Project Title : Development and Characterization of Polymer Matrix Composites Suiting Utilization in the Concrete-Based Infrastructure (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Parviz Soroushian
Department : Civil & Environmental Engineering

Project Title : Computational Methods for Highly Deformable Directionally Reinforced Elastic Composites (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Thomas J. Pence
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

THRUST AREA 5.

ADVANCED DETECTION AND CONTROL METHODS FOR COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING

Project Title : In-Situ Cure Monitoring for Composites Processing Using Fiber Optic Fluorescence Sensors (Renewal jointly funded with CFMR)

Principal Investigator : Alec B. Scranton & Gary J. Blanchard
Department : Chemical Engineering & Chemistry

Project Title : Electronic Holography and Shearography (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : Gary L. Cloud
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics
Co-Investigator : Alvin Cederberg
Affiliation : Lincoln Composites Corp.
Co-Investigator : Charles Jacobus
Affiliation : Cybernet Systems Corp.

Project Title : Injection Molding of Chopped Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : K. Jayaraman
Department : Chemical Engineering

THRUST AREA 6.

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF COMPOSITE PERFORMANCE

Project Title : Lead-Free Composite Solders (New)

Principal Investigators : K. N. Subramanian & T. R. Bieler
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

Project Title : Environmental Effects on the Static Fatigue Behavior of Ceramic Composites (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : E. Case
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

Project Title : Aging Effects on Service Environmental Performance of Polymeric Matrix Composites (Renewal)

Principal Investigators : Andre Lee & Roger J. Morgan
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics & Adv. Materials Engr.Exp. Sta. Midland

Project Title : Partitioning of Moisture in Polymer Matrix Composites: Effects on Microfracture and Fatigue Behavior (Renewal)

Principal Investigator : James P. Lucas
Department : Materials Science & Mechanics

REF GRANTS FOR CENTER DEVELOPMENT

Project Title : Center for Application of Controllable Fluids in Laminated Composite Materials

Principal Investigators : John R. Lloyd & Clark J. Radcliffe
Department : Mechanical Engineering
Co-Investigator : James F. Steffe
Department : Food Science & Human Nutrition
Co-Investigator : Manoocher Koochesfahani
Department : Mechanical Engineering
Co-Investigator : Roger J. Calantone
Department : Marketing & Logistics

Project Title : Fluid Dynamics Research in Support of Advanced Materials Processing (New)

Principal Investigators : Charles A. Petty & K. Jayaraman
Department : Chemical Engineering
Co-Investigators : John F. Foss & M. Koochesfahani
Department : Mechanical Engineering

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